Advances in Gastroenterology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 51-1 - November 18, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Frederic Gaschen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 1 8 7 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 1 8 8 - 8
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Frédéric P. Gaschen, focuses on Advances in Gastroenterology. Articles in this issue include, but are… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Frédéric P. Gaschen, focuses on Advances in Gastroenterology. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Esophagitis, Gastroprotective therapy¸ Gastric motility disorders in dogs and cats, Aerodigestive diseases in dogs, Digestive diseases in brachycephalic dogs, Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome in dogs, From bench top to clinics: How to use new tests to diagnose and treat dogs with chronic enteropathies, Differentiating IBD from alimentary lymphoma in cats, Canine protein-losing enteropathies and systemic complications, Impact of GI microbiome changes in canine and feline digestive diseases, Dietary and nutritional approaches for the management of chronic enteropathy in dogs and cats, Value of probiotics in canine and feline gastroenterology, and Fecal microbiota transplantation in the dog.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Esophagitis in Cats and Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Conditions associated with esophagitis
- Clinical signs
- Diagnosis
- Endoscopy
- Esophageal histology
- Esophageal pH-metry
- Therapy
- Summary
- Supplementary data
- Aerodigestive Disease in Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physiology of swallowing
- Dysphagia, regurgitation, and vomiting
- Reflux and reflux disease
- Aerodigestive disorders
- Clinical approach
- Management
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- Gastroprotective Therapy
- Key points
- Gastroduodenal ulceration in dogs and cats
- Antacids
- Coating agents
- Acid-suppressing drugs
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Gastric Motility Disorders in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Gastric emptying of solids—physiology
- Disorders of gastric motility
- Diagnostic approach
- Clinical evaluation of gastric emptying
- Management of gastrointestinal motility disorders
- Summary
- Digestive Diseases in Brachycephalic Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background: brachycephalic dogs: anatomic and pathophysiologic characteristics
- Digestive signs in brachycephalic dogs
- Diagnosis of digestive diseases in brachycephalic dogs
- Treatment of digestive diseases in brachycephalic dogs
- Follow-up and prognosis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Acute Hemorrhagic Diarrhea Syndrome in Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical and clinicopathologic abnormalities
- Recent discoveries
- Diagnostic strategy
- Treatment and clinical course
- Potential strategies for prevention of long-term problems
- Summary
- Differentiating Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Alimentary Lymphoma in Cats: Does It Matter?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Signalment
- Clinical signs and physical examination
- Minimally invasive diagnostic tests
- Biopsy collection
- Histopathology
- Ancillary testing for feline chronic enteropathy
- Therapeutic management and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease and small cell lymphoma
- Summary
- Canine Protein Losing Enteropathies and Systemic Complications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Breed predispositions for protein-losing enteropathy
- Diagnostic approach
- Causes of protein-losing enteropathy
- Treatment
- Systemic complications in protein-losing enteropathy
- Prognosis
- Clinics care points
- Dietary and Nutritional Approaches to the Management of Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Intestinal microbiota
- Mucosal immune system
- Epigenetic modification
- Role of diet in the pathogenesis of chronic enteropathy
- Assessment of nutritional status in chronic enteropathy
- Nutrients of concern in chronic enteropathy
- Assessment of diet in dogs and cats with chronic enteropathy
- Dietary interventions in chronic enteropathy
- Dietary management of canine protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia
- Summary
- From Bench Top to Clinics: How New Tests Can Be Helpful in Diagnosis and Management of Dogs with Chronic Enteropathies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Commercially available biomarkers
- Tests commercially available on tissue biopsies
- Promising biomarkers currently available on a research basis
- Biomarkers with limited information supporting clinical use
- Summary
- Impact of Changes in Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Canine and Feline Digestive Diseases
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinics care points
- Value of Probiotics in Canine and Feline Gastroenterology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions or probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics
- Regulation, quality control, and safety of probiotic products
- Theoretic mechanisms of action of probiotics
- The effect of selected probiotics on parameters of gut health in healthy dogs and cats
- Use of probiotics in small animal gastrointestinal diseases
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Mechanisms of action of fecal microbiota transplantation
- Use of fecal microbiota transplantation in people
- Experience with fecal microbiota transplantation in dogs
- Current recommendations for use of fecal microbiota transplantation in dogs
- Outlook
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 51-1
- Published: November 18, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323761871
- eBook ISBN: 9780323761888
FG
Frederic Gaschen
Affiliations and expertise
Companion Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana